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Biggest surprise skips Met Gala 2024
The 2024 Met Gala saw celebrities from all levels of the industry come out for an evening of breathtaking fashion; However, some of the biggest names in Hollywood chose to skip this year’s event.
Despite some no-shows, the annual soirée, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Monday, May 6, hosted a slew of famous faces, including Kim Kardashian, Zendaya, Bad bunny And Angel Reese, all of whom showed off fantastic looks during fashion’s biggest night. .
The Metropolitan Museum of Art previously announced that the theme of this year’s gala was ‘Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion’, with the dress code ‘The Garden of Time’.
The title is taken from The Met’s collection of “rarely seen” items that will be “displayed in a brand new way,” per Fashion. Max HolleinThe Met’s French director and CEO, Marina Kellen, explains: “This innovative show will push the boundaries of our imagination and invite us to experience many facets of a work, learn more about its history, and ultimately a deeper to receive appreciation for his work. beauty.”
Fashion provided some more context around the theme on April 15, explaining that the exhibition will act as a ‘garden of time’.
“Think about how a garden draws its beauty from many different flowers and plants. Now imagine that the garden is the Met and the flowers are the attendees in looks inspired by the many historical periods of fashion,” according to an excerpt from the article.
Keep reading for the five celebrities who surprisingly skipped the 2024 Met Gala.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 1: Anne Hathaway attends the 2023 Met Gala Honoring “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/MG23/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
Cindy Ord/MG23/Getty Images for The Met Museum/VogueAnne Hathaway
Fans were surprised to see Hathaway, 41, missing from Monday night’s star-studded gathering, as she was expected to attend. Even though she wasn’t there in person, her The idea of you Co-star Nicholas Galitzine revealed that Hathaway gave him a pep talk before his very first Met Gala.
Hollywood’s hottest couples did not disappoint with their 2024 Met Gala looks. The annual fundraiser took place on Monday, May 6 at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. The theme of the gala was ‘Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion’, while the dress code was ‘Garden of Time’. Co-chair Chris Hemsworth and his wife Elsa Pataky, […]
“It’s my first Met, so I’m happy to be here,” Galitzine, 29, said. Entertainment tonight. “She gave me a pep talk this morning. She said enjoy it.”
The actress was a familiar face at the event; she previously attended in 2023, 2018, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2010 and 2009.
Blake Lively
The 36-year-old Lively, who is usually a fixture at the glamorous event, has opted out of participating this year. Her husband, Ryan Reynoldswas also not present.
Harry Styles
Although Styles’ girlfriend, Taylor Russell, walked the carpet in a barely-there goddess-like ensemble, the “As It Was” artist, 30, was noticeably absent. Styles previously attended his first and only Met Gala in 2019.
Beyonce
Fresh from her Cowboy Carter When the album was released, fans were hoping to see Beyoncé, 42, at this year’s gala, but she appeared to opt out. The last Met Gala Beyoncé attended was in 2016, when the theme was “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology.”
Rihanna
Although the 36-year-old Fenty Beauty founder initially planned to attend, a source said People that she had to cancel after she got the flu.
She previously teased her look at the event and narrated Fashion last month: ‘I’m going to wear Fenty something! Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, Fenty Savage.”
Although the fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala has been going on since 1948, the event didn’t become fashion’s Super Bowl until Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour took over in the 1990s. Click through to see some of the best Met Gala dresses of all time from the red carpet!
Rihanna has been a fixture at the Met Gala in recent years and attended in 2023 and 2021 with partner A$AP Rocky. Both times they showed up fashionably late. She also co-chaired the 2018 theme, “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.”
